To: vocalist
Subject: Baritone Upper Register Hook
Date sent: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:07:19 CST
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Ok! This is my first question!
I'm a twenty-five year old baritone and I've been struggling with my upper
register from about D4 up. Apparently, according to a friend of mine who is
an older and much more mature singer than I, there is a way to sort of yawn
up and hook into the high notes leading possibly to an A4, B4, or even C5
for a high baritone. He claims this "hook" is evident in recordings of a
famous singer by the name of Sherrill Milnes (did I spell that right?) who I
have never heard. #1 the only way I can even sing these notes is to switch
into falsetto- which my voice does at E4 or F4 regardless of whether I want
it to or not. #2 My friend demonstrated this hook by switching from falsetto
into this ringing head tone for me but I can't seem to reproduce it! #3 My
falsetto is great but it's all my voice seems to want to do on top although
I suspect there's a lot more sound there if I can just figure out how to
access it! So here are my questions- #1 Is anyone else here familiar with
this dilemma (I need my high notes but can't figure out how to get them
out)? #2 Does anyone have any suggestions of vocal excercises that might
help me strengthen/find my top?
Thanks guys! I eagerly await your replies!
Jeremy D. Bethea
Austin Peay State University'
Undergraduate- Voice Performance Major
e-mail -at- CancelMeNow-at-Hotmail.com
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